Drilling device



June D. M. MORGENSTERN 237 9 DRILLING- DEVICE Filed July 14, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet l M mmvrm Onwp M Mamawsrszv 3w QM Patented June 26, 1945 DRILLING DEVICE David M. Morgenstern, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to The Electroline Mfg. 00., Cleveland, Ohio, a

corporation of Ohio Application July 14, 1943, Serial N0. 494,661

4 Claims. (01. 77-434) This invention relates to drilling devices, and as herein disclosed, it is constructed and used for drilling holes in the heads, especially through the planes of the peripheral faces of polyhedral heads,of screws, bolts or the like; and it includes a drill press that is standard in all respects excepting the control, and a jig for holding and positioning the work in operative relation to the drill.

The main purpose of the invention is to provide a drilling device that is semi-automatic in its operation, being rendered so by the-inclusion of power means, such as pressure fluid and electrical means, to the end that all the operator is required to do is insert a piece of work and then close a switch, as by pushing a button, and a given sequence of steps will be automatically performed in a cycle of operation; and upon the conclusion of the cycle, the device will stop. Because of this semi-automatic characteristic, a number of the devices may be attended and kept in constant operation by one person, the cycles of the different devices being staggered, so to speak, in order that the operator may give his attention to the loading and starting of the respective devices in succession.

Other objects are to provide a jig for use with a drill press or like machine that isreIatively small and compact so that it may be easily accommodated on the table of such a press or machine; to provide a jig that is simple of construction and relatively inexpensive, and that is durable and is not likely to get out of order.

A further object of the invention is to combine a jig of the above character with suitable drilling mechanism which desirably consists of a standard drill press, and to include a controlsystem, prefappearing, are attained in the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawformer; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary central vertical section through the jig in a plane parallel to that of Fig. 1, the view also including the drill and chuck; Fig l is a sectional detail on the lined-4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a screw or bolt whose hexagonal head has been drilled by means of the device.

Proceeding now with adetailed description of the invention by the use of reference characters, like ones of which are applied to corresponding parts throughout the several views .of the drawings, Idesignates the head of a drill press, 2 the table, and 3 a column by which the head and table are supported in properly spaced relation to each other. This drill press is of a standard and well known type, and its spindle 5, while being constantly rotated, is adapted to be vertically reclprocated as the part 6, wherein it is-journaled, is

raised and lowered in the customary manner by the oscillation of a shaft 1, which has the usual gear and rack connection (not shown) with said part 6. Fastened to the shaft 1 is a disk l0 hav: ing provision for adjustably connecting to it at different distances from its center a crank pin H; and when the disk, and consequently the shaft 1, is rotated in a counterclockwise direction, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. l, the drill will be fed downwardly or projected and caused to per-1 formits operation upon the work, after which it will be raised or retracted to the position shown in Fig. 1 by a reverse movement of the shaft 1. v

This operation of projecting and retracting the drill is automatically accomplished in the present instance by pressure fluid means including a cylinder E5 to which the pressure fluid is delivered from a suitable source (not shown) through a pipe I ll, under the control of a valve whose operating lever is designated ll. As pressure fluid devices of this sort are so well known, detailed illustration beyond that appearing in the drawings is deemed unnecessary. A piston 18 operates within the cylinder l5 and it should be explained that when the lever I1 is swung downwardly it will cause the piston iii to move from the front or left hand end of the cylinder, as viewed in the drawings, to the right hand end or rear thereof, and when it is moved up to the position shown, it will cause the piston to return to the position shown in dotted lines. The lever is biased toward raised position, as by a spring. 19

is the piston rod that is connected by means of a link or pitman 20 to the crank pin I I. Mounted upon and desirably adjustable along thepiston rod I9 is an arm 2| that carries adjustable front to rear of the housing near the top thereof is a hollow shaft 33 that carries, at its forward end, a socketed head or receptable 34 for the reception of a part of the work W, the latter, in the present instance, consisting of a screw or bolt having a hexagonal head The socket of the head or receptacle 34 is of a size and shape to properly receive the head of the screw or' bolt and hold it against relative turning, and the exterior of the head or receptacle 34 is desirably of the same shape soas to provide six fiat faces wherewith positioning and holding means is adapted to engage. In the present embodiment, the means just referred to'consists of a block 35 that is slidable along the front of the housing 3| and is guided upon pins 36- that rise from the base 30 and occupy vertical bores in said block. Surrounding said pins are relatively stiff springs 31 that are compressed between the base and the under face of the block 35. A drill guide 38 is mounted on the housing 3| at the front top corner thereof. Each of the six side walls of the receptacle 34 is provided with an aperture 39 through which the drill has access to the corresponding face of the hexagonal headof the screw or bolt that constitutes the work W.

Fastened to the rear end of the hollow shaft 33, where it projectsbeyond the corresponding side of the housing 3|, is a ratchet 40 and a cam 4'|, the ratchet having the same number of teeth as the bolt or screw head has faces. Cooperating with the ratchet 40 is the hook-like lower end of a pawl 43' that is pivotally supported upon a, pin 44-, carried by thedownturned rear end of a bracket 45 that is fastened to and movable with the part 6 of the drill press, the pawl thus being caused to reciprocate in unison with the drill 25. The pawl is yieldingl-y held against the ratchet an by a spring 46 that is coiled about the pin 44 and has one of its ends engaged with the bracket and its other end with the pawl. The purpose of the cam 4| will later appear.

Mounted in aligned bores in the housing 3| and in a standard 50 that rises from the base 30 toward the front end thereof is a rod 5| to the rear end of which is fastened the lower end of a bar 52. An ejector pin 53 is secured to the upper end of theb'a-r 52 and occupies the bore of the tubular shaft 33. A helical spring 55 surrounds the rear end of the rod 5| and is compressed between the housing 3| and the bar 52, Said spring tends tourge the rod in a direction to engage a stop 56, that is secured to the rod, with the front of the standard 50. Guided within a bore near the top of the standard 50 is a plunger 58 that is rigidly connected, by a bar 59, to the rod 50. The rear end of the plunger is provided with a recess 60 for the reception of the end of the screw or bolt which constitutes the work W. Pivotally connected at 6| to the front end of the basev 30 is a lever 62 which terminates at its upper end in a finger piece 63. The front end of they rod5| is connected by a pivot member 64 to the lever 62. I

The control system through which a cycle of operation of the device is initiated, and by means of which the various actions involved in said cycle are properly coordinated, will now be described.

Shown diagrammatically. in Fig. 1, in association with the above described structure, are a manually operable switch 10, desirably of the push button type, that is located in convenient reach of the oeprator; a relay H, whose armature is designated 12, and the function of which is to operate circuit closers 13 and '14; n actuator 15in the form of a solenoid whose movable core is articulated to the free end of the valve lever H of the pressure fluid cylinder 5; two limit switches 16 and I1, and a circuit breaker 18 that is held open by the previously mentioned cam 4| when the latter is in the position it occupies between cycles of operation.

Thecircuits of the control system will be described as I set forth below the operation of the drilling device. The operator, by drawing forward the lever 62, retracts the plunger 58, thereby to release the work W, the head w of which is" dislodged from the receptacle 34 by the ejector pin- 53, the latter being moved inunison with the plunger 58 by reason of its connection therewith through the bars 52 and 59' and the rod 5|, the manual actuation of the parts in question being in opposition to the spring 55. The operator, while holding forward on the lever 62, engages the'end of another bolt or screw within the recess 60- of the plunger 58 and, relaxing his hold on the lever 62, guides the head of the bolt or screw into the receptacle 34. The spring 55 now serves to hold the Work securely within the work holder during the ensuing cycle of operation.

The operator next closes the switch 10 which causes current to flow from the source -represented, in the present instance, by conductors 86 and ill-through wires 82 and 83 to the winding of the relay 1|. From the relay the current flows on through the wire 84, limit switch 11, wires 85 and 86, through the presently closed switch 10 and wires 81 and 88 back to the source. This results in the energization of the relay H and the attraction of its armature l2, thereby to' place in effective condition the circuit closers 13 and 14. Now, current will flow from the wire 85, through wire 89, circuit closer 13, wire 90 and the previously mentioned wire 88 to the source, wherefore the push button switch 10' may be released and allowed to open. The placing of the other circuit closer 14 in effective condition by the energization'of the relay establishes a path from the wire 82 through a wire 91, the. winding of the solenoid 15, a wire 92, the circuit closer 14-, and a wire 93 and previously mentioned wire 88, to the source. noid 15 causes a retraction of its core which swings the valve lever downwardly and this action, as previously explained, introduces pressure fluid to the front end of the cylinder l5 whichcauses the piston l8 to move rearwardly, retracting the rod I9 and, through the link 20, rotating the shaft 1 in a direction to project the drill 25 and cause it to operate upon the work, that is, to drill a hole radially of the head 10 to near the center of the latter. As will presently be seen, this is repeated until all sides'of the head have been drilled. The two radial holes appearing in Fig. 5 are designated 10 and it may be explained that, after all radial holes have been drilled, an axial recess 10 is bored into the top of the head by suitable means in order to open up the inner ends of all of the radial holes w. By drilling the holes and said recess in the The energization of the sol'e-' manner and sequence described, burrs are avoided and the life of the drill is prolonged for reasons apparent to those skilled in the art.

It will be remembered that the pawl 43 moves downward in unison with the drill 25 so as to be in a position to engage the next tooth of the ratchet 40 when subsequently elevated. As the piston I8 reaches the rear end of its stroke (which may be short of the rear end of the cylinder l according to the adjustment of the trippers 22 and 23), the tripper 22 engages and opens the limit switch 11, thereby breaking the circuit through the winding of the relay ll, causing the deenergization of the relay and the movement of its armature in a direction to open the circuit closers 13 and 1d. The opening of the latter circuit closer breaks the circuit that includes the winding of the solenoid 15, whereupon the valve lever 11 will be released and allowed to return to its normal position which shifts the pressure fluid supply to the rear side of the piston l8 and causes the piston to be moved forwardly.

The forward movement of the piston rotates the shaft 1 in a direction to raise the drill 25 and to lift the pawl 43 thereby to impart a sixth of a rotation to the ratchet 48, as well as to the cam 4!, and a like movement, through the shaft 33, to the receptacle 34 of the work holder, thereby to present the next face of the head w to the drill. This action causes a slight depression of the block 35 against the action of the springs 31 as the corner of the receptacle 34 swings through the low part of its arcuate path. Now, as the springs thrust the block upward, it will, by its cooperation with the fiat side of the receptacle 34, locate said receptacle in proper position and hold it in such position during the ensuing drilling operation. This action, it must be remembered, caused the high point of the cam 4| to withdraw from the circuit breaker 13, permitting the same to close; and it remains closed until the completion of a cycle of operation, when the high point of the cam again opens the circuit breaker, as will presently appear.

The forward movement of the piston 18 ends with the engagement of the tripper 23 with the limit switch 16 and a consequential closing of the circuit at this point, it being remembered that under the conditions now prevailing the circuit breaker i8 is in closed position. With said limit switch 16 closed, current will flow from the source through the wires 82 and 83 to the winding of the relay H and thence, throughthe wire 84, limit switch Tl, wires 85 and 88, a wire 95, the circuit breaker 18, a wire 96, the limit switch 16, a wire 91, and wires 93 and 88, back tothe source. The relay thus being energized, the circuit closers I3 and M will be rendered eifective to close the circuits controlled thereby, and another drilling operation will be initiated.

As already brought out, when the circuit closer 13 is in effective condition it maintains the flow of current through the relay winding, and when the circuit closer 14 is effective, it causes the energization of the solenoid 15, thereby to actuate the valve of the cylinder l5 and cause the piston 18 to move to the rear. The rearward movement of the piston, it will be remembered, concludes with the openin of the limit switch 11 by the tripper 22.

From the foregoing it is apparent that, as long as the circuit breaker l8 remains closed, the limit switch i6 will automatically initiate a drilling operation at the conclusion of each forward stroke of the piston i8, serving the same purpose under these circumstances as the manual switch 10 does at the start of a cycle. Consequently, one drilling operation will succeed another until all faces of the head w of the work have been drilled and the high point of the cam 4| returns to its initial position and actuates circuit breaker 18 to open the circuit that includes the limit switch 15.

At the conclusion of a cycle, the operator pulls forwardly on the lever 62 in order to retract the plunger 58 and disengage its inner end from the adjacent end of the work W, and as the work is thus released by the plunger, the ejector pin 53 engages the head to and dislodges it from the the receptacle 3 1. The operator now manipulates ward in opposition to the spring 55, the operator inserts the end of a fresh piece of Work in the recess Gil of the plunger 58 and then releases the lever to allow the spring to shift the movable parts rearwardly and project the head to into the receptacle M. The operator now manipulates the switch 10 to start another cycle of operation and the same will proceed as above described until concluded by the opening of the circuit breaker H3 by the cam 4!..

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination with drilling mechanism incorporating a part that is reciprocable with the drill in the projection and retraction of the latter, a jig for supporting a piece of work in operative relation to the drill, the same comprising a housing, a shaft journaled in said housing, a work holding receptacle on one end of the shaft, the same having circumferentially spaced positioning parts, a ratchet rotatable with the shaft, a pawl for cooperation with the ratchet that is movable with the aforesaid reciprocable part, means for retaining a piece of work in the receptacle, and yielding means arranged to engage said positioning parts successively for positioning and holding the receptacle during the drilling operations.

2. In combination with drilling mechanism incorporating a part that is reciprocable with the drill in the projection and retraction of the latter, a jig for sustaining a piece ofwork in operative relation to the drill, the same comprising a housing, a tubular shaft journaled therein, a receptacle on one end of the shaft, a ratchet on the shaft, a pawl carried by the aforesaid reciprocable part for cooperation with the ratchet thereby to turn the shaft and present a different part of the work to the drill after each drilling operation, a plunger slidably supported in axial alignment with said shaft in opposed relation to the receptacle and wherewith a part of the work is engaged when another part thereof occupies the receptacle, an ejector pin reciprocable in the tubular shaft, a structure rigidly tying together said plunger and the ejector pin, means tending to move the structure in a direction to retract the ejector pin and extend the plunger toward the receptacle, and manually operable means for moving the structure in the opposite direction.

3. In combination with drilling medhanism incorporating a part that is reciprocable with the drill in the projection and retraction of the latter, a jig for sustaining a piece of work in operative relation to the drill, the same comprising a housing, a tubular shaft journaled therein, a receptacle on one end of the shaft, a ratchet on the shaft, a pawl carried by the aforesaid reciprocable part for cooperation with the ratchet thereby to turn the shaft and present a different part Of the work to the drill aftei' eaih dril-lifi Qpera'tion, a piun'ger slidably supiibitedin aim-a1 an nm'em with said shaft in opp'asea iela'ti'on to the receptacle and 'Whe'iiivith a part (if the 'Wfl: is engaged when anbther 'pait thei'ebf Occufiie's' the receptacle, an ej'ec'tdr pin reifirbcame in the tubular "shaft, a Stifidfiii'r l ilily tying 'tbg'thel' said plunger and the ejector pin, means tending to move the struetu're in a di reei/ib'n t'o retract the ejector pin and e'ii'te'nd the plunger toward the receptacle, and manually operable means for mo vmg the structure in 'the opposite direction, the rece'ptaele having a series bf perip eral 'posit'ib'm in'g faces, and ayieldihgl y 'sllfipmtefl bl'bck 'fdr cbntact with said fates for holding the reestacle in its different pbsiti'dr is.

'4. A jig for sustaining a piece of W611i in a plurlity 6f operative posifibhs with respect to the dflll of a drill press, the same ompfisiii'g a base, a housing risin'g therefrbm it'nd having parallel bores spaced one above the Either, a tubular shaft jbur'nald the upper bore, a polyhedr'al receptacle carried by the shaft on one siae of the housing, a ratchet secured to the sha ft rearwardly of the housing and having the same tacle being provided With E "figs'siag'e for we 51""111, "a pawl reaipr'o'cabre with the Qifiil fdi' ebo'peiation with the Tat-Chet, guide means iisihg ffb'fia the b'a'se forwardly 'of the hbusihg, a bl'd'k u'id'd thereon 01 'cbfitact with the 'iifadi" siae 6f 'the i12 cepta'cie, sprin means urging the mock iht 66m 6301; with the receptacle, a "rod ici'prdc'able Within the Tower bore of the hb'usih a shaman: i is'iifg from the base in spaces-rumba to the front bf the housing, the same h'iviilg a bbf bhrbizE-h which said rbd is s1idab1e,-the sta'fldei'd lmfiii a second bore in axial alignment with the 'a-f're- Said receptacle, 3] plunger guided the -1at nieht'ioneii bore, a bar thrbugh which saw plunger and the mm p'ortia'n of the sroissia 

